Chiefs Win Another Tight One Against Brooklin

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Gary Groob has been involved with Lacrosse for the majority of his life, whether playing, coaching, or covering the sport for the media. An avid fan, with a real drive about helping to "grow the game", Gary became part of podcasts about the game in 2010. Through the podcasts, Mr. Groob was given an opportunity to write about lacrosse, and the rest as they say, is history. Through many miles (flying and driving) Gary has made inroads with the National Lacrosse League, Major Series Lacrosse, Ontario Series Lacrosse, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, CUFLA, as well as the Arena Lacrosse League, covering the leagues, their teams, and players, working for, and in concert with all of them. In the year 2019, Mr. Groob was made the media person for the Arena Lacrosse League, voted onto the board of directors of the Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club, as well as being made administrator of the Lacrosse page "Global Lacrosse" with a membership of 14,000+ members in over 90 Countries. Gary was also made an administrator of Lacrosse History Past Present and Future in 2022 with a membership of 19,000+. Gary also has been the media person for Ontario Series Lacrosse (Senior B) since 2023. Mr. Groob also covers the Green Gaels for their excursions to Prague at the Ales Hrebesky tournament since 2022. In 2024, when Major Series Lacrosse was in need of a media person, Gary stepped in as their interim media person. His tasks were running their social media, as well as their website until a full time person was found to fill the role. In 2025 Gary was voted onto the Board of Directors for Ontario Series Lacrosse. Mr. Groob hosts a weekly lacrosse interview show formerly on Spanglish Sports World, and ZingoTV channel 250, now on StreamPunkEnt.com, Youtube, as well as Spotify. Groob also hosts a lacrosse talk show and podcast for All Lacrosse All The Time seen live Sunday nights at 8pm (ET), and archived on the All Lacrosse All The Time YouTube page, as well as Spotify. Gary also wrote a weekly lacrosse editorial column for La Portada Canada News both in print and online for three years from 2021-2024. In 2025, Mr. Groob joined the ownership ranks, becoming a minority owner of StreamPunk Entertainment, ensuring Lacrosse will always have voice in media. Mr. Groob's other sports interests include Hockey, Football, Boxing, Wrestling, and Baseball, competing competitively in Boxing and Wrestling for many years.

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The Brooklin Lacrosse Club (10-7) traveled west to face the  Six Nations Chiefs (15-2) Wednesday night in Major Series Lacrosse action at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Haggersville, Ontario.

The goaltending match-up had Warren Hill in net for the Chiefs facing Zach Higgins in net for Brooklin.

The Brooklin (BLC) defense started the game on point.  Not giving any breathing room, the Chiefs were held scoreless in the first period.   The offense was also working well, led by a pair of goals from Brady Kearnan the BLC got out to a 3-0 lead after one.

Six Nations stormed back in the second half of the second period with four goals.  Transition was the order of the frame with the teams scoring a combined three goals.  The Teams were tied 4-4 after two setting the stage for a barn-burner of a third period.

The period didn’t disappoint with both teams racing up and down the floor for the majority of the frame.  Dhane Smith gave the Chiefs a bit of a cushion scoring off a Shayne Jackson pass, but Bo Columbus tied the game with yet another transition goal.  Ryan Smith got his second of the game late to give the Chiefs the lead 6-5.

With the goalie on the bench Brooklin pressured Six Nations, but Warren Hill was up to the challenge.  Tyson Bell added an empty net goal to give the Chiefs the 7-5 victory.

To The Game:

Taggert Clark opened the scoring for Brooklin with a blast off a Will MacLeod pass at 5:47, followed by Brady Kearnan with back to back goals to stake the BLC to a three goal lead. 

After one period, Brooklin 3 Six Nations 0.

Second Period:

Ian MacKay finally got the Chiefs on the board in transition off a Tyson Bell pass at 3:19, but Ben MacDonnell answered back for Brooklin with a transition goal of his own off a Bo Columbus pass at 5:36.

Brad Kri got Six Nations rolling again in transition converting a lead pass from Latrell Harris at 11:12, followed by Ryan Smith with a power-play goal from in front off a Randy Staats pass at 14:03. Larson Sundown then tied the game with a howitzer off a Dhane Smith pass at 16:06.

After two periods, Six Nations 4 Brooklin 4.

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Third Period:

After half a period of end to end action, Six Nations finally solved Zach Higgins when Dhane Smith converted a Shayne Jackson pass with a high to low shot at 11:44, but Bo Columbus tied it for Brooklin with a goal in transition off a Jake Darlison pass at 13:51. 

Ryan Smith got his second of the game off a Josh Byrne feed with just 3:31 remaining to give the Chiefs the lead, followed by Tyson Bell sealing the deal with an empty net goal at 19:53.

Final goal, Six Nations 7 Brooklin 5.

The Three Stars:

1. Ryan Smith
2. Brady Kearnan
3. Ian MacKay

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